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Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can't have them executed

Dec. 23, 2024 05:13 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes...

Karen Read's defense pushes to get charges dropped in her murder case

Oct. 24, 2024 21:12 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Karen Read filed a motion to the state's highest court Thursday in an attempt to bolster earlier arguments that two of her charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend should be dismissed. Their brief was in response to one filed by...